Decision details

WECA Committee approved the following:

1.    Approve the funding application for the development of the HIF business case as set out in Appendix 1 and allocate up to £1m resource from the Investment Fund.

2.    Approve the funding applications for the development of skills capital projects by Bath and SGS Colleges as set out in Appendix 2 and allocate up to £1.19m resource from the Investment Fund.

3.    Approve the scheme changes requested as set out in Appendix 4 including allocating an additional £400k from the Investment Fund to support development of business cases for the key transport schemes supporting the Joint Spatial Plan.

4.    Approve that the WECA Chief Executive, in consultation with myself as WECA Mayor, be delegated authority to approve the allocation of this funding to relevant activities and that the S151 Officer be authorised to make all necessary amendments to the WECA Budget and the Mayoral Budget for 2018/19 to support the allocation of this funding.

5.    Approve that the authority to submit the HIF bid is delegated to the WECA Director of Infrastructure in consultation with equivalent Directors in B&NES and Bristol and the relevant s.151s in the three Authorities.